I had a second system until a few months ago, and I'd used the Spherex Xbox 5.1 Surround Sound System on it for a while. I was fairly impressed with it. I never found it powerful enough for my main system, but I liked it on my second system, and I would find myself listening to music on it more than on my Polks. Then I got into Axiom, and my second system was dismantled with different pieces going to different people. I just recently gave away my computer speakers, too, and wasn't looking forward to having no sound until the Axiom computer speakers come out. Then I remembered I had this system just sitting around. I hooked it up, and a couple of days later I find a review of it on The Audio Critic.

I was surprised to see a new review of it, and I was even more surprised to find out the going price was only $200 (it first came out at $500, which is what I bought it at) and Peter Aczel actually liked it. I wouldn't have recommended it at $500, but $200 does seem like a steal for a full surround system of decent quality. If you have a small space that you would like a 5.1 system in, I would suggest looking into it. Here's the review.

Yeah CTV, very interesting review by Mr. Aczel, as has been most of his stuff that I've read over the years. Someone looking for a very low-cost setup should certainly consider it.